Author name: MHProNews

PraegerUPalmHarborHomesCreditBottomLeftManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

Promoting Home Ownership and Private Property is Premised by Understanding This

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Election, ignorance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, Trends

Private property rights are a foundational issue for the manufactured housing industry, and all other housing professionals, and consumers.   Nevertheless, those private property rights, along with many others, are widely misunderstood. Primaries will be decided in several states today. How engaged are most Americans in politics?  How well do […]

Promoting Home Ownership and Private Property is Premised by Understanding This Read More

FannieMaeNationalHousingSurveyManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

MIA from Fannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey, MHI Producer Sounds Off

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

The latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) is out.  It’s near an all-time high, but one category is declining.   Affordability for conventional housing buyers is sliding. Manufactured Housing (MH) was MIA – missing in action – from the Fannie Mae report.  Manufactured homes aren’t even mentioned. “The

MIA from Fannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey, MHI Producer Sounds Off Read More

WarrenBuffettDonaldTrumpTaxCutsManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBuisnessNewsMHProNews520x320

Warren Buffett on President Trump’s Tax Cut, Berkshire Video, Plus MH Stocks, Market Update$

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, research, Trends

There’s plenty to unpack from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.  One of the revelations is Warren Buffett’s on-camera statement on what they’re doing with the tax cuts that President Donald J. Trump championed.  That’s our focus report for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature

Warren Buffett on President Trump’s Tax Cut, Berkshire Video, Plus MH Stocks, Market Update$ Read More

Manufactured Housing Roadblock? BBC Reports “Trailer Park Living”

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, People, research

Longtime Daily Business News readers know that the MHProNews view – and that of scores of industry professionals – is that proper terminology is important.   The reverse of that is that improper terminology is to be avoided. When the Daily Business News uses the term “trailer house” or “trailer

Manufactured Housing Roadblock? BBC Reports “Trailer Park Living” Read More

LessoonFromMostHatedInAmericaStyleorSubstanceManufacturedHousingIndustryDialyBuisnessNewsMHProNews

Style or Substance? Lesson from Most Hated in America – Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales, Marketing Meeting

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, regulation, research, Small Business, Trends

  Buckle up for what may be the most important topic so far this year, for this session of the Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales and Marketing Meeting about “Style or Substance.”  Executive summary?  Style matters, but properly understood, the industry evidence demonstrates that substance is proven to matter more. 

Style or Substance? Lesson from Most Hated in America – Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales, Marketing Meeting Read More

JeffBezosBusinessInsiderbreakupMonopolyManufacturedHouisingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHproNEws

Affordable Housing Revolt! Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Video Responds to “Breakup” Growing Monopoly, and Manufactured Housing

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

When it comes to the affordable housing crisis, one of the nation’s hot-spots is Seattle, Washington.  Seattle is the headquarters of founder Jeff Bezos’ – the world’s richest man – ubiquitous flagship company, Amazon.   In the backdrop of every U.S. affordable housing story, there ought to be an appropriate

Affordable Housing Revolt! Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Video Responds to “Breakup” Growing Monopoly, and Manufactured Housing Read More

SundayMorningManufacturedHousingIndustryResearchDataReportsWeeklyHeadlineNewsRecap4.29.2018to5.6.2018

Sunday Morning Manufactured Housing Industry Research, Reports, Headline News Recap 4.29.2018 to 5.6.2018

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Canada, Company News, Headlines - Week In Review for Manufactured, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, research, Small Business, Stocks, Trends

Is it a coincidence?  As the temperatures outdoors are rising, so too are the reports, research and news items that shake, rattle and roll (pardon the last pun) manufactured housing professionals.   Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting is underway, and sucks up a fair amount of O2. An

Sunday Morning Manufactured Housing Industry Research, Reports, Headline News Recap 4.29.2018 to 5.6.2018 Read More

FriiendlyVilalgeRockeisKinglsleyCommuityDenver7ThortonColoradoManufacturedHomeIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

“Trapped. Threatened. Scared.” “Mobile Home [SIC] Owner’s Fears Reflect National Crisis”

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Company News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, NIMBY, People, research, Trends

“Trapped. Threatened. Scared. That is how thousands of people across the Front Range are feeling and they all have one thing in common: They live in manufactured homes,” says Denver 7 in their report on a manufactured home community in Thornton, Colorado.   At a time when about half of all manufactured homes

“Trapped. Threatened. Scared.” “Mobile Home [SIC] Owner’s Fears Reflect National Crisis” Read More

McKinseyGlobalInstitueBlueprintAddressingGlobalAffordableHousingChallengePointsFactoryBuldingDailyBuisnessNewsManufacturedModularPrefabMHProNews

McKinsey Global Institute “Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge” Points to Factory Building

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, research, Zoning

A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an acceptable standard housing unit (which varies by location) and what households can afford to pay using no more than 30

McKinsey Global Institute “Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge” Points to Factory Building Read More

WarrenBuffettCNBCManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

Warren Buffett’s Big Bet Raises Stock$, Plus Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stocks, Investor Market Data

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

As an investment and business guru told MHProNews today, one person can move the markets.  He was talking about Warren Buffett, and his big bet on Apple. That will be the focus for our market report tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are

Warren Buffett’s Big Bet Raises Stock$, Plus Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stocks, Investor Market Data Read More

ManufacturedHomeCommunitiesOpenCloseNotMobileHomeParksDataCompMHINCCNationalCommunitiesCouncilLogosGeorgeAllenDaveReynoldsResearchMHProNews

Hundreds of New Manufactured Home Communities Opened, But How Many Have Closed? Industry Research Result$

By / / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, research, Trends

In any industry, trends are worth noting, and are important for investors, owners, lenders, policy pros, and other professionals alike.   As the chart below will spotlight, there have been hundreds of manufactured home communities that have opened since 2002.   That’s news to many, not to others, in manufactured

Hundreds of New Manufactured Home Communities Opened, But How Many Have Closed? Industry Research Result$ Read More

KanyeControversyUniversalIncomeVenezulaPresidentTrumpManufacturedHousingFirstPrinciplesYouDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews520

Kanye Controversy, Universal Income, Venezuela, President Trump, Manufactured Housing, First Principles, and You

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, research, Small Business, Trends

What could all of those individual topics in the headline possibly have in common? What could each of those current events mean to manufactured housing professionals, owners, investors and advocates?   Plenty. Here’s the quick rundown. The glue for each are the two words, “first principles.”  Let’s look…   The

Kanye Controversy, Universal Income, Venezuela, President Trump, Manufactured Housing, First Principles, and You Read More

HUDCodeManufacturedHousingNewHomeShipmentsMarch2018StatisticsDataDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

HUD Code Manufactured Home Shipments, Housing Production – March 2018 Data

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production grew again in March 2018.   “Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,830 homes in March 2018, a

HUD Code Manufactured Home Shipments, Housing Production – March 2018 Data Read More

OilDrillingDerrickPhotoManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

Crude Oil Continues Rise, MH Impact and Manufactured Housing Industry Stock Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Stocks, Trends

Oil is hovering near a three-year high. What does that mean for the outlook on manufactured housing, and industry related stocks?  That will be our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline

Crude Oil Continues Rise, MH Impact and Manufactured Housing Industry Stock Market Updates Read More

AlexaFactsManufacturedHousingIndustryTrafficVsRealEstate520x320

What are the FACTS about Manufactured Housing Industry Traffic vs. Real Estate? MHVillage, MHProNews, Manufactured Housing Institute Data

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing

There are several kinds of webmaster tools data, and research services that measure website traffic.   A colleague of some competing trade media bloggers and publishers raised the question of traffic and site data  That source, an ally of several competitors, suggested that the Daily Business News publish a report.

What are the FACTS about Manufactured Housing Industry Traffic vs. Real Estate? MHVillage, MHProNews, Manufactured Housing Institute Data Read More

NorthernHousingCommunity281GrandAveSchofieldWausauDailyHeraldWisconsinManufacrturedHomeCommunityIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews550x292

Closure by Collusion? Dark Side of Local Manufactured Home Community Code Enforcement?

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Development, Legal, People, regulation, research, Trends

A manufactured home community in the Wausau, Wisconsin area may be putting a fresh light on a dark topic.   Media and others often fail to put the topic of closures in the broader context of housing.  Hundreds of thousands of housing units a year are demolished in America, and

Closure by Collusion? Dark Side of Local Manufactured Home Community Code Enforcement? Read More

GovDeclaresMay6-12ManufacturedModularHousingWeekDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews

Governor Declares May 6th-12th “Manufactured and Modular Housing Week”

By / / Advocacy, Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, disaster, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People

Governor Kay Ivey has signed a proclamation declaring the week of May 6th through May 12th to be “Manufactured and Modular Housing Week.”   The proclamation was issued in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the national Fair Housing Act and the 49th anniversary of the founding of the

Governor Declares May 6th-12th “Manufactured and Modular Housing Week” Read More

ClassActionManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBuisnessNewsMHProNews

Consumer Fraud Settlement, Implication$, plus Manufactured Housing Industry Connected Stock Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Canada, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Community Commercial Financing, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, research, Stocks, Trends

The latest in an ongoing consumer fraud case has settled, and there could be significant implications for the manufactured housing industry. That’s our market focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports

Consumer Fraud Settlement, Implication$, plus Manufactured Housing Industry Connected Stock Market Updates Read More

MarcusMillichapManufacturedHousingNationalResearchReport

Manufactured Housing National Research Report, Marcus & Millichap Manufactured Home Industry Performance Data

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Business, Company News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Trends

“Potential for Higher Returns Lures New Buyers, Generating Competition; Supply of For-Sale Listings Remains Tight, Boosting Prices,” – Marcus & Millichap (M&M) National Report, First Half of 2018   A new research report has been provided by brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap to the Daily Business News. For those in

Manufactured Housing National Research Report, Marcus & Millichap Manufactured Home Industry Performance Data Read More

JulietEilperinWashingtonPostManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBsuinessNewsMHProNews

Juliet Eilperin’s Washington Post HUD Manufactured Home Program News Confirms Manufactured Housing Institute Position and Report

By / / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation

“The [association] efforts have come as [Trump] administration officials are embracing manufactured homes as a way to increase the stocks of affordable housing using the private sector rather than taxpayer funding,” writes Juliet Eilperin, for the Washington Post (WaPo).   “Already, they [manufactured homes] serve as the largest source of

Juliet Eilperin’s Washington Post HUD Manufactured Home Program News Confirms Manufactured Housing Institute Position and Report Read More

mas kovach mhpronews shopping with soheyla .jp

Get our ‘read-hot’ industry-leading 

get our ‘read-hot’ industry-leading emailed headline news updates